REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Department of Education
Region III
Division of Bataan
ORANI NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PARANG-PARANG
PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1 MIDTERM EXAM - SY 2019-2020
Name:______________________________________ Year/Section: _______________ Score:__________
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Directions: Choose the best answer, and write it on on the blank space provided
before the item.
______1. What is the scientific investigation of phenomena which Includes collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of facts that
lines an individual's speculation with reality?
a. Research
b. Qualitative Research
c. Quantitative Research
d. Scientific Method
______2. Which of the following is the first step in formulating a Qualitative research title?
a. Concept Making
b. Citing a Problem
c. Formulation of ideas
d. Reading Journal Articles
______3. What kind of question should Qualitative Research start with?
a. Do or Does
b. Does or Did
c. Is or Are
d. Why or How
______4. What kind of research is used to quantify attitudes, opinions, behavior and other defined variables and generalize results from a
larger population?
a. Research
b. Qualitative Research
c. Quantitative Research
d. Scientific Method
______5. What kind of Qualitative Research emphasize on this title “Understanding Addiction: A Study of Adolescent
Drug-users”?
a. Case Study
b. Content Analysis
c. Ethnography
d. Phenomenology
______6. This kind of Qualitative Research refers to a particular group in which it reveals the nature or characteristics of
their own culture through the world perceptions of the cultural group’s members.
a. Content Analysis
b. Case Study
c. Ethnography
d. Historical Research
______7. This kind of Qualitative Research involves a long-time study of a particular person in psychology, medicine and
education. It seeks to find answers to why such thing occurs to the subject.
a. Content Analysis b. Case Study
c. Ethnography
d. Historical Research
______8. Which of the following is most appropriate to a qualitative approach?
a. Describing the relationship between students’ math attitudes and their math achievement
b. Describing the effect on students’ achievement of creating a student/centered assessment environment.
c.
Identifying the characteristics that differentiate students who drop out of high school from students who do
not drop out.
d. Understanding what it is like to work in a school that is changing the decision-making process from a topdown, administratively driven model to a bottom-up, teacher/driven model
______9. Ethics in research ensures that participants have informed consent. Which of the following actions best
example of informed consent?
a. talking to him or her privately
c. writing him or her a letter
b. surprising him or her with questionnaire
d. using a padrino system
______10. Confidentiality of a participant is best exemplified in which of the following actions?
a. Asking the participant to write his or her name in the questionnaire
b. Not mentioning his or her name in the Participants of the Study section
c. Introducing himself or herself in an interview
d. Taking his/her picture and placing it in the appendix
II. IDENTIFICATION
There are two broad categories of research methodology: qualitative research and quantitative research. Determine what type of
research methodology is being referred to. Write QUALITATIVE or QUANTITATIVE on the space provided before the item.
______________11. Identify patterns, features, themes QL
______________12. Answers question of “why” or “how” QL
______________13. Purpose is to test hypotheses, look at cause & effect, & make predictions QT
______________14. Purpose is to understand & interpret social interactions QL
______________15. Group studied is smaller & not randomly selected QL
______________16. Group studied is larger & randomly selected QT
______________17. Narrative report with contextual description & direct quotations from research participants QL
______________18. Statistical report with correlations, comparisons of means, & statistical significance of findings QT
______________19. Answers “how many”, “when” and “where” QT
______________20. Objectivity is critical QT
III. TRUE or FALSE
Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the sentence is not correct. Write the corresponding
blank space provided before the item.
answer on the
__________21. Research must be hurriedly conducted. F
__________22. There should be enough data before conducting research. T
__________23. Research must observe a step-by-step process. T
__________24. The researcher must have the final say in his or her findings. F
__________25. A person's opinion is acceptable and considered as an answer to the questions asked by the
researcher. F
__________26. Any concern or issue confronted by the students is researchable. T
__________27. The causes why students fail in quizzes are worth researching. T
__________28. The student-researcher must read literature related to the problem he or she is studying. T
__________29. The researcher must avoid listening to another researcher to have an objective view of his
study. F
__________30. The steps in conducting research are patterned. T
or her
IV. MATCHING TYPE TEST
Directions: Match column A with the correct answer on column B. Write the corresponding answer on the blank space provided
before the item.
A
B
___________31. Historical Analysis j
__________32. Ethnography a
__________33. Grounded Theory h
__________34. Phenomenology c
__________35. Case Study e
__________36. Inductive Thematic
Analysis b
__________37. Discourse/Content
Analysis f
__________38. Research d
__________39. Applied Research i
__________40. Basic Research g
a. focused on studying shared practices and belief systems
b. refers to a set of inductive data collection and analytic method
c. a systematic investigation of any social or natural phenomena
d. is the scientific investigation of phenomena which Includes
collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of facts that lines
an individual's speculation with reality.
e. involves a long-time study of a person, group, organization, or
situation. It seeks to find answers to why such thing occurs to the
subject.
f. studies naturally-occurring discourse and shared meaning from
such discourse
g. designed to advance knowledge with no application to existing
problems in view
h. takes place when you discover a new theory to underlie your study
at the time of data collection and analysis.
i. uses knowledge acquired through research
j. is the examination of primary documents to make you understand
the connection of past events to the present time.
IV. ESSAY. Explain the importance/Significance of Research in Daily Life. Give examples. (10 points)
Prepared by:
Michelle B. Cruz
Good luck and God bless!!!
Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought.
--Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Department of Education
Region III
Division of Bataan
ORANI NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PARANG-PARANG
PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1 MIDTERM EXAM - SY 2019-2020
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